Rulers
Peter III
Six months on the throne
Show on the timeline- Lifespan
- 1728 — 1762
- Reign
- 1762
Peter I's grandson through his daughter Anna inherited the throne after Elizabeth. He issued the Manifesto on the Freedom of the Nobility and made peace with Prussia, returning the territories occupied by Russian troops. Deposed in favour of Catherine II, he soon died at Ropsha in circumstances that remain unclear.
- Dynasty
- Holstein-Gottorp-Romanovs
- Centre of power
- Russia
- Beginning of reign
- 25 December 1761 / 5 January 1762
- Wife
- Catherine Alexeyevna (the future Catherine II)
- Son
- Paul I